Thursday, July 03, 2008

Leather Vest Watch

The Calgary Stampede - when Calgarians take a break from complaining that the rest of the country sees them as Wild West hicks and dress up as cowboys for a week - kicks off this weekend but, alas, I’ll be missing it. I don’t so much mind missing the rodeo, parade, or mini-donuts, but I am sad that I won’t be able to add to my collection of “politicians in cowboy hats” pictures.

So for anyone lucky enough to be taking at a Stampede breakfast this week, I’m putting out a bleg for you to send me any pictures of politicians in western wear you manage to snap. If I get enough, I’ll be sure to post them all here (either attributed or anonymous - your call), with the mandatory snarky captions. Bonus marks to anyone who gets a picture of Ed Stelmach or Ralph Klein.

Nicely done. I did slip a line into my column today about me and the Prime Minister having the same problem -- buttoning last year's cowboy shirt over this year's gut -- but the Herald did not take the hint and publish the picture. You are the king.

Mike: I'm not sure you'll be able to find a lot of Hansard entries where Liberals say "Mr. Speaker, why won't the Right Honourable Member for Calgary South East hire a stylist? Why does he refuse to do this?"

"I'm not sure you'll be able to find a lot of Hansard entries where Liberals say "Mr. Speaker, why won't the Right Honourable Member for Calgary South East hire a stylist? Why does he refuse to do this?""

That's because Liberals waste their time on other less important issues. I don't know why the Liberals are running with their Green Shift proposal when the ballot question is clearly going to be "Who looks best in cowboy hat?".